Fun Family Day

We had a great family day yesterday all to ourselves! My son was invited to a birthday party but we opted out and just spent quality family time before hb goes away for another business trip. For the past weeks, though we were all together, we spent the weekends attending friends' birthday parties or just hanging out with friends swimming. It's been a while since we spent the weekends by ourselves.

Yesterday we started the day early by going to church at 9am. We normally go at 12 noon but since we planned to go to the beach we didn't want to wait till its already very hot. After church we went for early lunch at one of our fave restos - the China Pearl at Quincy for some yummy dimsum. The place was packed as usual but we were lucky to get a table right away because we're the smallest group, just three. Whenever we're at the area we also swing by Kam Man, the bigeest Oriental Store close by. It's even much bigger now that it incorporated the housewares section with the food section, a bit overwhelming and confusing setup but nevertheless fun since there were so much to see.

After eating and shopping, we drove straight to Carson Beach at South Boston to fly kite. The little guy has been very excited since Saturday to go to the beach to fly his kite. We were not very lucky though since it wasn't windy enough, but the weather was so perfect, not hot nor cold, a little drizzle of rain and cool breeze. The little guy just played in the sand and water, while we happily watched him having fun.

After an hour or so, we drove to Castle Island just close by. The first time we went to Castle Island maybe around this time too, there were no place to park so we didn't even bother to push our luck. So yesterday was our first time to see Castle Island in its entirety. Before we explore the place, we had some ice cream and the little guy had some hotdogs too. Then we walked around and found some guys fishing on the deck. We stayed for sometime and the little guy had the chance to reel in a grown-up fishing pole that one of the guys was so nice to entrust my ever curious son.

After that despite the drizzle of rain we walked again and found a playground which of course my son couldn't resist, so we let him play for maybe half an hour. Then we headed walking on the long boardwalk up to the center. If it weren't for the drizzle starting to get stronger, we could have walked up to the end back to Carson Beach but we were also parked on the opposite side. We promised to come back again and this time with our bikes so we can go really far.